Jennifer Lopez quitting American Idol, it seems

by Andy Dehnart16 May. 2012 | 5:23 pm

Jennifer Lopez appears to be quitting American Idol after two seasons judging and less than two years since the drama of her hiring unfolded over the summer.

Yesterday, she laid the groundwork for exiting by telling Ellen DeGeneres on her talk show, “I don’t know. I enjoy it, I really do enjoy it. I’ve done it–now this is my second year. I don’t know; I don’t know if I can go for a third year. I miss doing other things. It really does lock you down, which was nice the first year, with the babies being three and four. … I just don’t know.”

The Chicago Sun-Times reported that it confirmed with a Fox source an E! Online report that is basically written from her perspective, insisting she’s now “too busy” to stay with the show. Earlier, she told E! that this “is just like any working mom’s dilemma.”

Yeah, many mothers do face the choice of whether to continue making $12 million a year for three hours of a work per week for five months, or to quit their jobs and spend more time with their kids.

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